Re: Expected OpenSSL versions in 14-stable and 15-current

Reply: Ronald Klop : "Re: Expected OpenSSL versions in 14-stable and 15-current"
In reply to: Minsoo Choo : "Expected OpenSSL versions in 14-stable and 15-current"
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From: Enji Cooper (yaneurabeya) <yaneurabeya_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2025 01:34:33 UTC

> On Mar 12, 2025, at 4:19 PM, Minsoo Choo <minsoochoo0122@proton.me> wrote:
> 
> OpenSSL 3.5 LTS alpha has been just released [1]. The expected EOL date of OpenSSL 3.0 LTS is September 7th 2026 [2]. FreeBSD 15 is expected to be release in December 2025, and FreeBSD 14.5 is expected to be released in September 2026. 14-stable will be see its EOL on November 30th, 2028 [3].
> 
> Will FreeBSD 15 contain OpenSSL 3.5 LTS in this December? And for 14-stable, will it have upgrade to OpenSSL 3.5 LTS before FreeBSD 14.5 or just maintain 3.0 LTS with our own bug/security fixes until 14-stable's end-of-life date?
> 
> [1] https://github.com/openssl/openssl/releases/tag/openssl-3.5.0-alpha1
> [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenSSL#Major_version_releases
> [3] https://www.freebsd.org/security/#sup

Hi Minsoo,
	It makes sense to upgrade to 3.5 on CURRENT, but I don’t think we can do that on STABLE branches because of ABI/KBI compatibility guarantees.
Cheers,
-Enji